Improved goat and hat-hook



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Letters .Palmi No. 69,032, demi Se ,Iv/alter 17, 1867; untedutcdS'evtcml'm' 8, 1867.

IMPROVED GOAT AND HAT-HOOK.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM SCHMITT, ot' No. 148 `East Twenty-Eighthstreet, have invented a new and improved Coat and HatdIook; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents asectional side elevation of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional front elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate correspondingparts.

This invention relatcs to a coat and hat-hook, which consists of twohinged jaws, which areprovidcd with soft and elastic tips at their ends,and which are arranged, in combination with a locking device, in such amanuel' that a hat or other similar article can be clamped between them,and that said hat will not be liable t-o-be injured, and will be firmlyretained as long as the locking device is fastened or closed. Thelower-hoek jaw is provided with nipper-like arms, which serve to catchhold of the coatcollar or other portion of the garment, and which retainthe same securely, and prevent the garment from being removed as long asthc locking device is closed; If desired, the hat and coat can besecured in the hook simultaneously, and the danger of having either ofthese articles stolen or exchanged is avoided, or at least materiallyreduced.

A represents a coat and hathoolt, which is composed ot' two hook-shapedjaws, B C, which are connected to the bed-plate D by pivots b c, asclearly shown in fig. l of the drawing, and which are so arranged thatthcjaw B turns up while the jaw C turns in, as indicated by arrowsmarked near the same in said figure. From the upper end ofthe hook-jaw Bprojects a lip, a, and if said `jaw is turned down as far as it will go,a spring-latch, E, can bemade to catch under said lip, and ja-w B islocked. The spring-latch E is situated in a suitable cavity of thebed-plate D, and it is operated by a key, K, which is inserted inte akey-hole in said bcd-platc, or, instead of the spring-latch, a slidingbolt or any other suitable mechanism can be employed for the purpose oflocking the hook-jaw B. When this jaw is locked, its tip is in such aposition that it prei-ents thel hoolbjaw C from hcing turned inward onits pivot c, and abat er other article placed between the tips ot' thetwo hook-jaws cannot be removed until the jaw B is unlocked. The tips ofthe two hook-jaws B C are protected by caps d, of India rubber or othersoft and eiastic material, so that the hat or other article heldbetwcensaid tips is not injured. The hook-jaw C is so constructed that the sameforms a clamp, F, composed of the movablcjawf and the stationary jaw g.When the hook-jaw C is turned in, the clamp opens, and the collar or anyother part of a coat or other garment can be introduced between thesame, and when the hook-jaw C is turned back to its original position,the collar or other part of the garment is firmly held between theclamp, and said garment cannot be removed unless thc hookA C is turnedin. The loop of the coat or other garment may be passed over thehook-jaw C, so that the garment is supported if the clamp F is opened.When the upper hook is locked it is somenhat inside of the lower hook,so that the latter cannot be turned in. The hat is intended to be firmlyclamped between the elastic tips` so that it would occupy some time towork it out, particularly if the coat is between the clamps.

By this arrangement the hat and coat or other garment can bc hung up andlocked simultaneously, and the danger of having these articles stolenorexchanged is avoided, or at least materially reduced.

What- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The hinged hookjaws B C, in combination with a spring-latch or otherlocking device, constructed and operating substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. In combination with-thc hoek-jaws B C, I claim the elastic tip tZ,suilistantially as and forthe purpose described. I

3. The clamp F, in combination with the hook-jaws B and with a suitablelocking device, constructed and operating substantially as and for thepurpose described.

WILLIAM SCHMITT.

Witnesses:

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